Romans 9:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

They which

Romans 4:11

Galatians 4:22

Are counted

1 John 3:1

General references

Genesis 25:5

Galatians 4:28

Bible References

They which

And he received the circumcision as a sign, as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had, yet being uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all the uncircumcised believers, that it might be counted unto them also as righteousness,

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

Are counted

Are we not counted of him strangers? For he has sold us and has even devoured all our price.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

The LORD shall count when he writes up the peoples that this one was born there. Selah.

who are not born of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

For ye are all sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

So that we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

Behold, what charity the Father has given us, that we should be called the sons of God; therefore the world does not know us, because it does not know him.

General references

And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

So that we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.